2K and Firaxis Games have announced that Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World, the second expansion pack for the award-winning Civilization V, is currently in development and will be released this summer for Windows-based PC and brought to the Mac by Aspyr Media. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World brings a massive amount of new gameplay to the Civilization V experience, providing gamers with even more rewarding ways to achieve world domination.

Toon Boom Animation unveiled the new Harmony solution which will be demonstrated during MIPTV 2011, at the Toon Boom booth C1.05. With this most advanced Harmony solution, Toon Boom is calling on all studios to get on board.

Draw the Line Between Flash and a True Animation Pipeline
Harmony delivers capabilities that simply did not exist before. Starting with MagicBrush, the ability to draw with pencil lines supporting textures, then on to FlexiBone, the ability to deform images and drawings over a period of time using advanced bone animation features, Effects Inside, the ability to access built-in particle effects and dozens of other effects, and finally, 2D-3D Integration, the ability to import and modify 3D assets within Harmony as well as transform elements on all 3 axes. As the main animation production backbone, Harmony offers full artistic freedom with ease of use and total control.

Draw the Line Between The Past and Now
Building upon its solid foundation in traditional animation, Harmony skyrockets your animation styles to untapped creative ground, offering mind-blowing digital capabilities to creators. By adopting Harmony, studios join a vibrant community in which Toon Boom acts as the glue to connect and facilitate introductions.

Draw the Bottom Line
With its impressive track record and field-proven efficiency, Harmony is the industry standard for animation production. As a studio owner or artist, relying on a technology that takes you on a growth path makes pure business sense. Harmony can be set as a scalable pipeline to reflect your needs and production volume. In addition, Toon Boom offers flexible options to make Harmony available to studios of any size: you can choose to lease, work on a project-base or purchase.

"Studios and animators will be very impressed, especially the Flash studios who will see in this latest version, an opportunity to jump the fence and join the Toon Boom community," said Joan Vogelesang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Toon Boom Animation.

Samsung Electronics Canada, a supplier of mobile phones in the Canadian marketplace, announced today the release of the Samsung Focus, offering consumers leading edge design and hardware features, combined with completely new operating system from Microsoft - Windows Phone 7.